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Landmark Center (Boston)

Sears Roebuck and Company Mail Order Store
Landmark Center (Boston) is located in Boston
Landmark Center (Boston)
Landmark Center (Boston) is located in Massachusetts
Landmark Center (Boston)
Landmark Center (Boston) is located in the United States
Landmark Center (Boston)
LocationBoston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′41″N 71°6′10″W / 42.34472°N 71.10278°W / 42.34472; -71.10278
Built1928
ArchitectNimmons, Carr & Wright; Et al.
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No.90001992 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 15, 1991

The Landmark Center or 401 Park Building in Boston, Massachusetts is a commercial center situated in a limestone and brick art deco building built in 1928 for Sears, Roebuck and Company. It features a 200-foot-tall (61 m) tower and, as Sears Roebuck and Company Mail Order Store, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a Boston Landmark in 1989.

The building is located at the intersection of Park Drive and Brookline Avenue; also the meeting point of the Riverway and the Back Bay Fens, two links of the Emerald Necklace park system designed in the 19th century by Frederick Law Olmsted. It is one of the tallest buildings in its vicinity, and viewers on top of the tower can see the Charles River, Cambridge, and the Great Blue Hill in Milton.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 15, 2006.